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It's the 100th KU homecoming, the 100th year of the Jayhawk and the 100th year of the KU Fight Song. Doesn't that make you a little sad for the folks who graduated from Kansas 101 years ago?!
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2012
What's the weather, Jay?
Friday
Source: Weather.com
HI: 52
LO: 25
Mostly cloudy with a 10% chance of rain. N winds at 14 mph.
Saturday
HI: 53
LO: 27
Sunny with not a drop of rain in sight. NE winds at 6 mph.
Windy and cloudy.
Chilly, but sunny game day!
Partly cloudy with no chance of rain. SE winds at 7 mph.
Sunday
HI: 56
LO: 30
Comfy-clothes weather.
Thursday, October 25
CALENDAR
WHAT: Tea at Three
WHERE: Kansas Union, 4th floor
WHEN: 3-4 p.m.
ABOUT: Free tea never gets old.
WHAT: Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
WHERE: Murphy Hall, William Inge Memorial Theatre
WHEN: 7:30-9 p.m.
Friday, October 26
ABOUT: This award-winning parody of Charles Schultz's "Peanuts" comic strips offers a darker imagining of familiar characters.
ABOUT: Hear students and alumni share stories about their Alternative Break experiences.
wHERE: Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium
WHERE: 7:30 - 9:0 p.m.
**WHAT:** KU School of Music Symphony Orchestra
Halloween Concert
**WHERE:** Lied Center
**WHEN:** 7:30-9 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Get in the Halloween spirit with some
spoooky tunes.
WHAT: Final Fridays: El Dia de los Muertas
WHERE: Lawrence Percolator
WHEN: 5-9 p.m.
ABOUT: Celebrate the Mexican holiday and pay homage to lost friends and family members.
Saturday, October 27
WHAT: Homecoming
WHERE: Memorial Stadium
WHEN: All day
ABOUT: Join alumni for the University's 100th homecoming celebration.
**WHAT:** Football vs. Texas
**WHERE:** Memorial Stadium
**WHEN:** 11 a.m.
**ABOUT:** Watch the Jayhawks take on the Long-
horns in the 2012 Homecoming game.
WHERE: Eldridge Hotel
WHEN: 8-10 p.m.
ABOUT: Journey to Lawrence's historic haunted locations.
WHAT: Lawrence Ghost Tour
Sunday, October 28
WHAT: Wild West Film Fest Screening
WHERE: Liberty Hall
WHEN: 7-10 p.m.
ABOUT: Check out the winning submissions to Lawrence's Halloween-themed film festival.
WHAT: Lawrence Art Walk
WHAT: Lawrence Art Walk
WHERE: Downtown Lawrence
WHEN: 12-6 p.m.
ABOUT: Paintingts, jewelry and photography will be on display all over town for the 18th annual Art Walk.
Politics come closer to home
STEVI WILSON swilson@kansan.com
Lexie Clark, a senior from Fort Collins, Colo., vividly remembers her parents' strong support of Bob Dole in the 1996 presidential elections as the event that sparked her political interests.
Sixteen years later, Clark will publicly debate her political views with other students during today's Pizza and Politics, hosted by The Dole Institute of Politics.
"It's really important for everyone on campus who may have not watched the other debates to maybe get a student prospective on the issues," Clark said.
Pizza and Politics provides a forum for students to discuss current issues from noon to 1 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Caitlin Doornbs, the coordinator for Pizza and Politics, said the program normally draws high-profile professionals to share their experiences with students, but this debate provides a unique opportunity to promote civic engagement in students.
"My many peers and friends don't know anything about elections or who stands for what," Doornbos said. "It will be a good experience because they'll get the chance to watch these political junkies who have done the research for you."
The KU College Republicans, KU Young Democrats and the KU Young Americans for Liberty are co-sponsoring the event, and each will be represented in the debate. The delegates will discuss federal spending, the proper role of government, health care and social
Lara Jeffery, a sophomore from Sydney, is the president of the
issues.
KU Young Americans for Liberty and will represent Libertarians in thedebate. Jeffery said the point of the debate is not to connience her.
presidential candidates can seem distant on television, and their policies can be confusing. Hearing the opinions from peers can
distrust toward the candidates."
CAITLIN DOORNBOS Coordinator for Pizza and Politics
of her own personal opinions.
"I would love to be able to change minds," Jeffery said. "But I think it's more important that people are exposed to different viewpoints."
make the political jargon more understandable for students, Doornbos said.
The debate is a tool for students to hear about the political issues from their peers. Doornbsd said
"At a national level, people generally have a lot of distrust toward the candidates."
Doornbos said. "At this debate it's going to be peers who agree with certain political parties. And they'll share their reasoning for that."
Edited by Madison Schultz
POLICE REPORTS
- A 26-year-old Topeka man was arrested Wednesday at 1:34 a.m. on the 1000 block of north Third Road on suspicion of possessing an open container, driving while intoxicated, second offense, refusing a test and no proof of liability insurance. Bond was not set.
- A 21-year-old man was arrested at 12:56 a.m. on the 2100 block Heatherwood Drive on suspicion of domestic battery, battery, criminal threat and criminal damage to property. Bond was not set.
- A 38-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday at 6:05 p.m. on the 700 block of Grant Street on suspicion of possessing stolen property and forgery. Bond was set at $5,000. He was released.
ELECTION
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Auto industry success is kev for voters in Ohio
- A 23-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Wednesday at 3:15 a.m. on the 300 block of Michigan Street on suspicion of cruelty to animals. Bond was set at $750. He was released.
LORDSTOWN, Ohio President Barack Obama's decision to help America's automakers could end up being what helps drive him back into the White House.
Some 850,000 jobs in this critical battleground state are tied to autos and Obama's campaign constantly reminds voters they'd be jobless if not for the decision to inject taxpayer dollars into General Motors and Chrysler.
However, the move has not translated into automatic support for the president, even in areas that depend on the industry.
to plant workers. The presidential race's outcome could boil down to
Republican Mitt Romney also is pitching these voters hard with his message that Obama hasn't balanced Washington's checkbook the same way voters must.
One in eight jobs in Ohio can be linked to the auto industry — whether it's working on a factory floor or selling groceries
Information based off the Douglas Booking Recap.
whether voters interpret Obama's move as saving Detroit or bailing it out. But like other flashpoints in this rough campaign, there is little middle ground between the versions of events and what it means
"A lot of folks would lose their houses. Consider the mess that would have resulted."
BRIAN AXIOTIS I.T. Employee
for voters' neighbors.
nology and lives in nearby Newton Falls. A lot of folks would lose
"I couldn't imagine what L o r d s t o w n would be," said Brian Axiotis, a 37-year-old Obama supporter who works in information tech-
their houses. Consider the mess that would have resulted. It'd be a ghost town all over the area."
Since its restructuring, the General Motors plant in this town of 4,000 people southeast of Cleveland has added a third shift — and 1,200 new workers with it — to produce the popular compact Chevy Cruze. GM has pledged $220 million in updates to the factory and to keep the 4,500 workers, suggesting this town in the former steel-heavy Mahoning Valley has some stability ahead.
Romney volunteer Frank Perrotta still finds Obama's decision to loan automakers billions a misuse of public dollars.
Between calls to voters at Romney's office in Stow, he shakes his head when talking about the government's move to prevent the collapse of GM and Chrysler. The bailout began in 2008 under Republican George W. Bush and Obama extended it.
"I have to run my business responsibly. No one is coming to bail me out if I get into trouble," said Perrotta, a 63-year-old Hudson resident who runs a medical imaging business that employs nine workers. "The bailout was just not fair."
TECHNOLOGY
Google uses the Trekker in the Grand Canyon
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Google and its street-view cameras already have taken users to narrow cobblestone alleys in Spain using a tricycle, inside the Smithsonian with a push cart and to British Columbia's snow-covered slopes by snowmobile.
I ASSOCIATED PRESS
The search giant now has brought its all-seeing eyes — mounted for the first time on a backpack — down into the Grand Canyon, showcasing the attraction's most popular hiking trails on the South Rim and other walkways.
It's the latest evolution in mapping technology for the Mountain
View, Calif., company, which has used a rosette of cameras to photograph thousands of cities and towns in dozens of countries for its Street View feature. With a click of the mouse, Internet users are transported virtually for a 360-degree view of locales they may have read about only in tourist books and seen in flat. 2-D images.
"Any of these sort of iconic, cultural, historical locations that are not accessible by road is where we want to go," said Ryan Falar, product at Google.
Google announced the Trekker earlier this year but made its first official collection of data this week at the Grand Canyon.
The backpacks aren't ready for volunteer use,but Google has said
it wants to deploy them at national forests, to the narrow streets of Venice, Mount Everest and to ancient ruins and castles.
Google launched its Street View feature in 2007 and has expanded from five U.S. cities to more than 3,000 in 43 countries.
The move to capture the Grand Canyon comes after Apple chose to drop Google Maps from its mobile operating systems and opted to use its own mapping program that was derided for, among other things, poor directions and missing towns.
Steve Silverman, operations manager for Google didn't directly address the competition in saying: "just trying to document a trail, it's going to be hard to beat this."
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO
A mule team walks along the Bright Angel Trail on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. Google is using the Trekker, a 40-pound, backpack-sized camera unit, to showcase the Grand Canyon's most popular hiking trails.
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